Amaranthus sparganiocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus sparganiocephalus

Name

Amaranthus sparganiocephalus Thell., in Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 312. (1914), in obs.

• Syntype: Tropical Africa: Abessinien, Massaua, Hildebrandt #716.
• Syntype: Tropical Africa: Ostafrican. Grabenrand, 1904, Merker.
• Syntype: Arabia: Chedrasch et Chedolia, Ehrenberg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northeast Tropical Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thellung, A. 1914. Amarantus. pp. 225–356. In: Ascherson, P. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. Synopsis der Mitteleuropäischen Flora. 5. Band, 1. Abtheilung. Leipzig: Gebrüder Bornträger. BHL Reference page. : 312

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Amaranthus sparganicephalus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page.  (misspelled)
• Hassler, M. 2019. Amaranthus sparganiocephalus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Amaranthus sparganiocephalus. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Amaranthus sparganiocephalus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2019.